panna cotta with fresh strawberry sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 (.25 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 quart fresh strawberries, quartered
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup water

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 18 mins Ready Time: 4 hrs 33 mins


• pour the milk into a bowl; sprinkle the gelatin over the milk. allow mixture to sit until the gelatin softens, about 5 minutes.
• combine the cream and 1/4 cup sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. stir in the gelatin mixture; cook and stir until gelatin dissolves completely, about 3 minutes. add the vanilla extract. pour the mixture evenly into ramekins; cover and chill at least 4 hours.
• to make the strawberry sauce, combine the strawberries, 2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 cup sugar, and water in a saucepan over medium heat. while the mixture cooks, crush the strawberries with a potato masher. simmer the sauce until the sugar has dissolved and the sauce has thickened, about 10 minutes; cool.
• remove chilled ramekins from the refrigerator shortly before serving. dip the bottoms of the cups in warm water to help loosen the custard. run a thin-bladed knife around the inner edge of each ramekin to loosen the dessert; turn a dessert plate to unmold. spoon strawberry sauce over panna cotta to serve.